Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43pc week-on-week, WHO says
Paramedics use an isolation chamber equipped with a negative pressure filtration system to push a man showing symptoms of Covid-19 on January 15, 2021. PHOTO | PHILL MAGAKOE | AFP.
Africa recorded a 43% jump in Covid-19 deaths last week as infections and hospital admissions have risen and countries face shortages of oxygen and intensive-care beds, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
The continent's case fatality rate - the proportion of deaths among confirmed cases - stands at 2.6% against the global average of 2.2%, WHO Africa said in its weekly briefing.
